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Ho No! Meter Maid Tickets Santa Santa said he'll fight the $115 ticket he received in Brooklyn on Black Friday

Updated 12:33 PM EDT, Wed, Dec 17, 2008

Santa Claus, a.k.a. Chip Cafiero of Bay Ridge Brooklyn, stands on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn with the parking ticket he received when doing a Santa stop for local kids in his horse and wagon.

 

New York City has landed itself squarely on Santa Claus' naughty list after a ticket agent gave jolly St. Nick a ticket for double parking while delivering gifts to children in Brooklyn.

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"The kids started crying: 'That's Santa's car! That's Santa's car!' But this grinch just went ahead and fined me anyways," Santa told the Daily News.

Chip Cafiero said he'll fight the $115 ticket he got in Brooklyn on Black Friday when he was dressed as Santa.

The 60-year-old retired schoolteacher was riding a horse-drawn carriage and handing out toys and candy canes. A sport utility vehicle carrying the toys and protecting the horse from traffic was double parked next to him.

Santa said he yelled "Ho! Ho! Ho!" to get the traffic agent's attention because the SUV wasn't blocking traffic. But in his words, "This grinch just went ahead and fined me."

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State Sen. Martin Golden, a former cop, called the parking ticket "ridiculous."

Police officials declined comment.

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  • Jonathan Friday, Dec 19 at 1:00 PM FLAG COMMENT This is what our society has come too. I would not have thought someone could do something like this. But, I’ve watched many of those “Parking Enforcement’ shows on TV and I can honestly say that I believe this to be true. People wonder why no one wants to help out, volunteer or even donate money to help someone. There is always an “A” hole that will do something like this and ruin it. I myself have been in this same situation ... MORE >
  • NYCIs... Thursday, Dec 18 at 4:34 PM FLAG COMMENT Bonjour, WebMasters//Screeners,, etc. PLSE ADVSE: : what became of comments my colleagues & I posted yesterday afternoon, re: this piece?? We cnt think of a reason to have it provoke a flag... ?? In our post, our content cites new music releases such as Circus & Chinese Democracy, FYI, for identification purposes... Our Email [plse keep private] is: Sharpe@Rome.com - if one could take a moment to return this inquiry ... MORE >
  • Abbie Thursday, Dec 18 at 12:01 PM FLAG COMMENT Unless it was going to cause a major traffic catastrophy, why ticket Santa for s few minutes stop? He was doing a good dead. Really, are these meter maids that mean and grumpy?
  • SJ Cynic Thursday, Dec 18 at 11:10 AM FLAG COMMENT Santa wasn't even driving the SUV - he was in the horse drawn carriage, remember? Besides, they allow delivery vans to double park - so, wasn't this a delivery??
  • rich Wednesday, Dec 17 at 7:59 PM FLAG COMMENT if the fat man gets away with it, i'm going to invest in a santa suit ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-t7PmonBEA&feature=channel_page goldieshouse.piczo.com

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